New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-07
HIGH LICENSE In ILLINOIS
WHAT IT HAS DONE Foa THE STATE.
THE SALOONS AND CRIMES CTR down. AND REvE.


NUi INCREASED.
tall. wcl-bn gentleman, with Baely cut features,
dcepset penetrating gray eyes, heavy ustache and tho
general air OF a successful wcstemer, was among the
visions al the Republican state Headqua roconiy
He was quickly recognized by Secretary Smith a. William
H. Harper, ~ Chicago, the author " the famous Harper
High License law Of Illinois, which has done for TINT state
what the Scott law was doing for ohio when it wa, de-
cared unconstitutional by Democratic court ani ~haS
the Neddes bill would have accomplished for Now, orf
had Governor Hin permitted It to become a law.
Mr. Harper cordially greeted hy ex-senator Warner
Miller and other prominent leaders. who de-
sou 10 hear about The practical workings Of IN license,
which has now been IN operation Ia Illinois about four
years In the af,t place. Mr. Harper in d cuss-
Ing the matter PERMIT say that our law & prac-
'caiy only the temperance plank In State platform
carried out That was the first thought which
me On reading the WORK your Saratoga Convention.
Like your plank, law. you .bues the feat
ures or local oDIo with high license The minimum tax
Is 1000 On wh.skey and $3.50 beer, with right.
course, OF each community increase these iaucn a.
they please, or ~ refuse to license wha,eye'
LICENSE FEES THAT ARE FtOhIB.1ORf.
DO any communities themselves Of this right,
or does a uniform rate prevail was asked.
In OF the counties the strctost prohibition pre-
wells up the license SO high as 10 make
dealing ia any kind 0f liquor expensive uNufy, say
the least In one county the tax whskey IS either
$1,000 or 1920 another slj0o, aud another
OF $1,000 is charged-practcai prohibitions you see.7
1t was easy - perceive that Mr.. Harper thorough
when he showed the benefits derived it, ms
scarcely 10 b. wondered view of the Ggurs
tina. he presented
Merely dollars and eents,7 he oontlnuod, cannot
measure the benefits people Vi Illinois, by
such law but It's advantages pecunlary results
are certainly astonishing. Ts,c Chicago for example,
where i've Under The old law, with a population OF
100000, we had $1,000 saloons which We derived a
OF about 200 QUO Now, with over :, O.ooo In
haoitans We have only 5000 rons which are
receiving ~ 100000 return ia HYDE Iak one OF our
suburbs there used 10 be 2i beer shops, paying
$1,000 in License fees To-day there are lIule o.
half that number, but the them IL nearly
$4,000. Not only this crime decreased For
he two years pr TO the the law there
we're 1870 ar est in H. dc PAX, aga maze f. thu
same Derloi since
SIMILAR RESULTS IN OTHER TOWNS
In Springfield she saloons has been reduced
from ia To lui. per cent while the revenue
has been mcesed hom about $1,000 s52,0.0. 23I
Ter cent Peoria, before the law went into effect, had
40 ai on,' pa revenue Of $1,000
an Increased population and about half the nunber OF
DIR mixing Places n cy receives nearly $4,000, oF nearly
thrice ~ much previously the number Of yearly
arrests has been 80 less than under the Old regime.
might 81 on In this way FOR statistics,
nuubcre,s and ncCntroveiuDs could BE- added showing
IN ncculabe ben.hs - the people anI 10 ihe
municipal corporations throu state; bus IT. Is
hardly necessary. In the stHe az large The revenues
derry 4 from The enforcement OF he Law been
ere sd from $40 200 nearl, sj.00OO) thu, 20 this
extent lcsoning Tn burden Of ,hsP articles.
ht number 81 saloons Illinois been cut down frna
1900 10 less than 100 0. despite the lopul-
to-. ~ this sourc. eags the cltes ~ no
sate hicag', spunlne.d Peoria. Quincy BIO ,nington
Jarks"uNB and ohrrshaye been enabled TO Is,c heir
sire l., beauty tdc ptNs ahd ngs, improve
Their looo force, general order md sanitary
40 DESIRE TO REPEAL TnE LAW.
Judging hOB thi-, tkclihOod The Law being rc-
pellci IS rather slight. IS o. nOtT
Repeal Well should say aot No, sir high License
win ~ l. a. sold rock. L. has in reality D..n the
iquos qucs On out ~ politics 10 Illinois Neth,r 81 the
Two party platform, thtt formulated A. PEORIA
eonIa ~ nut IN "a or % Gi-turbg recommend NJ
any mod hcstion amendment IL. The Demo r,f .e
parry. Is tue. pronounced against the principle OF pro.
hsslion yet such ~ public sca'imcnt In
rs or 90 the Harper Ia the id dare 70
"a any OBJ elton 20 tbs present system taxing
regulating hc Liquor ulic. lhc hd-, my opinion,
prov Ell he entering ulii acly spill tho
In RI Party tafcr lldr sou know, at ru,pcl 10
fool with the Law ana "a ways again
he paid d.drly Tor o., effort, 1 doubt any Other
politician ~ any consequence VII attempt follow
his example. The taxpayers aud thc people generally
regardless ~ rolties would bury him ~ gh.
the whoi" 70 HI, pgo % the best laws passed
In the Sa'e. for the public in general and Tor Ispu!
hsan parry, oy which, With The assistance Of few
| Demo-. ss, 10 ~, put intO execution